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air embolism
noun
- the presence in the tissues and blood of a gas, such as air or nitrogen bubbles, caused by an injection of air or, in the case of nitrogen, by an abrupt and substantial reduction in the ambient pressure See decompression sickness
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That would cause an air embolism - a blockage caused by an air bubble in the blood circulation.
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He said he had read 18 research papers in total on air embolism, highlighting different indications.
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“The lack of a tight seal from this defect resulted in the multiple subsequent air embolism events and irrecoverable neurological damage,†they wrote.
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Dr Marnerides said in his opinion there was "no evidence that a natural disease would explain his death" and concluded that death was "explicable on the basis of air embolism".
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He said the "very peculiar" patches noted on Child E by medics in the hours before his death were a result of air embolism.
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